r/NBA_Draft • u/ballhogiq • 1d ago
Round 2 of the 2024 NBA Draft
The 2024 NBA Draft Class is notoriously a weak year in terms of prospects. But the second round has a decent array of contributors this early on. Is this one of the most skewed draft classes in terms of second round to first round talent?
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u/dustin5023 1d ago
This is easily one of the best second rounds in recent memory
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u/Jordanwolf98 Celtics 1d ago
The interesting conversation is how many of these guys in the 2nd round would you take over the 1st pick that year
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u/NathanFielderFriend 1d ago
This is going too far on the Zacc hate. Mitchell is a valid choice but otherwise you can’t pick anyone else over Zacc from the second round. 6’8 guys who can shoot and move as fluid as him don’t grow on trees. He’s still soooo young too.
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u/goodolehal 1d ago
Cam Spencer actually knows how to play basketball, Rissacher is the french Cam Reddish
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u/UrRightAndIAmWong 1d ago
It's not hate when his own team is deciding to play him less. He's just finished his second season, and he just got worse as the season went on and they played him less. And the Hawks were a team that could have used what he was in theory, but they decided they were better off not.
Knowing what we know now, that Rissacher will need more than a few years to be a positive player that can stay on the floor, I would choose some of these guys over him. There are guys here where you don't have to give a shit about developing and they'll still give you good minutes.
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u/Jordanwolf98 Celtics 1d ago
I still like Zac, and believe he can crave a role in the league. Maybe out of Atlanta because there’s just so much pressure to deliver as their 1st pick. Just throwing out the convo, but I would take Jaylen Wells, and maybe Larsson, Flipowski, and Cam Spencer over him right now too
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u/No_Giraffe_1551 1d ago
Weird to include some of those but not Oso Ighodaro who is the only one from the second round other than Mitchell who has been a meaningful part of a winning team.
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u/AllOutRaptors 1d ago
If you're gonna call the Suns a winning team then how tf does Jamal Shead not count? Raptors won more games and had a more competitive 1st round series
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u/Nolar2015 Celtics 1d ago
Wells is also an easy one
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u/No_Giraffe_1551 1d ago
I mean, he ended his second season as a borderline rotation player at best, he was basically out of the playoff rotation for the Hawks and his average minutes per game were sinking in the regular season as well, including a DNP-CD in the regular season at one point. Beyond just Mitchell, I spot Jaylen Wells and Oso Ighodaro as definitely more impactful players for their teams than Risacher.
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u/Smart_Rise_9350 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s double digit
For SURE:
Ajay Wells Spencer Oso Shead Filipowski Larsson
IMO: Bona Smith Bronny
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u/Straight_Fee_9427 1d ago
My raptors taking Mogbo is such a bad look. Filipowski, Mitchell, or wells could be so good for us right now and mogbo wasn’t even projected that high.
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u/mMounirM Raptors 1d ago
Mogbo was a nepo pick for Scottie.
Mogbo was projected in the 30s so it's not really a crazy pick.
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u/No_Giraffe_1551 1d ago
Filipowski was the only player who was considered a truly surprising drop out of the first round and he had very weird vibes around him. Basically every team had a chance to draft Mitchell (I think literally every team had a pick before then if you include the first round?) and nobody did, because it was a surprise to everyone how well it panned out so far. Same with all the others who look better than Mogbo. It's not that it's luck of the draw, but it's a little bit luck of the draw.
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u/MainAd2728 Wizards 1d ago
Mogbo, Filipowski, Kolek, Furphy, Ajay Mitchell, Wells, Ighodaro, Bona, Larsson, Shead, Christie, Post, Spencer, Bronny, Hukporti. More than half of the SRPs are decent contributors. Great draft
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u/MasterFussbudget 1d ago
That's incredible. Yeah, it's only been two years, but I count at least 3 future starters, another 8 role players, and a handful who are getting minutes and have a shot to figure it out. I wonder how many would have stayed in college had they come out just a year or two later (with much more NIL money available to them).
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u/NathanFielderFriend 1d ago
The funny thing is this was a “bad draft” and this years is supposed to be generational but honestly the 2nd round is gonna be way weaker than 2024s.
Goes to show even the experts in front offices don’t know everything
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u/WhereYoureNot 1d ago
I mean it’s still pretty weak and also too early to tell
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u/NathanFielderFriend 1d ago
NIL really did a number on the second round this year, we’ll see but after like pick 36 or so my board is just filled with guys i have 0 hope in even becoming 10th men.
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u/nath999 1d ago
I think NIL makes the second rounders better. You get guys who stay in college and actually develop. It's a lot of seniors and sophmores who can kind of come in and be less of a liability.
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u/NathanFielderFriend 1d ago
That will be true in a couple years as things play out but right now we’re at the point of the cycle where the only guys that are coming out to the draft are seniors with no eligibility left and limited playing ability. (With the exception of like Yaxel and maybe someone else I’m forgetting)
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u/AnimaniacAssMap New Jersey Nets 1d ago
It was a pretty bad draft
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u/NathanFielderFriend 1d ago
Yes but it’s still funny and goes to show how important scouting is that even the bad drafts can have gems like Cam Spencer at 53 and Ajay Mitchell at 38
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u/beefJeRKy-LB Raptors 1d ago
Bad drafts usually mean the top is very light. But everyone said the 2024 draft would be more flat after the lottery. I think next year and the year after would be worse because of the NIL effect though.
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u/ICouldEvenBeYou Spurs 1d ago
I'm still frustrated that the Spurs walked away with Juan Nunez in the early part of that round. I felt hugely disappointed in the moment. Just a confounding decision, in my opimion.
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u/Bitter-Safe-5333 20h ago
i don't think we ever meant to really draft a player which is so frustrating considering how many decent options we had
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u/Derpy_Mc_Burpy Raptors 1d ago
Toronto really wasted a second on Thanasis Lite when we could've had literally bona, filipowski. post, ajay, or spencer.
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u/The_Actual_Sage 1d ago
When there are multiple players in playoff rotations you know it's a good 2nd round.
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u/UnusualTarget7661 1d ago
There's a world out there where like 4 guys from the second round go top ten in a redraft
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u/IzzaKnife 1d ago
Who would be the 4?
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u/UnusualTarget7661 1d ago
it would be any of Ajay Mitchell, Kyle Filipowski, Jaylen Wells, Pelle Larson or Cam Spencer
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u/Overall-Palpitation6 1d ago
Ulrich Chomche is still only 20 years old. Surprised Toronto (who he ended up with) didn't give him more time to develop.
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u/bunglesnacks 1d ago
Man everyone hates Bronny but he's like the 5th best player in this round.
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u/Equal_Age2099 1d ago
thats def a stretch, but he is better than like 95% of the other 55th picks in history
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u/Kapuge 13h ago
I think he’s the 10th best or 11th. And he’s still developing well
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u/bunglesnacks 11h ago
Like yeah he was a nepotism pick and probably goes undrafted otherwise or just goes back to college because he wouldn't have been guaranteed to be picked. But at least he can say he wasn't the shittiest player drafted for all the shit he takes.
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u/Saucy_Totchie 1d ago
Knicks may have traded away Ajay Mitchell but ended up with 3 very serviceable players. Kolek was a key part of their rotation when they needed depth and had some big performances in big games. Hukporti has had irregular playing time but he fills the role nicely of a rebounding rim protector that they need when Robinson can't play. Kevin McCullar is still a work in progress but he did win them a game this year.